Around Me (free)Locate the nearest petrol station, ATM, theatre, restaurant, bar, gallery, taxi stand and lots of other useful points of interest, and get their exact location and distance from where you are.

TripAdvisor (free)Curate your best holiday yet with on-the-go access to the traveller’s ‘bible’. Never eat at a dodgy Vietnamese food stall again with access to over 60 million reviews and opinions by real travellers of hotels, restaurants, bars, tours etc.

Google Translate (free)See the back of awkward cross-cultural communication breakdowns – “I didn’t order the frogs’ legs, did I?”. Translate words and phrases between 60+ languages and finesse your pronunciation while you’re at it. Type in the phrase and hear it spoken back to you.

Snarl Traffic (free)Avoid gridlock (and road rage) with this incident alert app. Weave your way through back streets and see real-time photos of problem streets. You’ll never run late again.

Trivia Cheat

Wikipedia Mobile (free)Everything you possibly need to know, and then some, at the tap of your finger. Settle an argument on the spot (or become a professional cheat at trivia).

Shopaholics

Shop Style (free)An aggregated shopping portal, Shop Style combines all of your favourite home-grown and international retailers and brands in one site. You can tailor searches based on your size, save items into a ‘favourite’ list, compare prices from different shopping websites (think, the Webjet of retail) and receive alerts when products go on sale.

Red Laser (free)A very nifty barcode scanning app that allows you to scan and see the price of a product (and compare online) immediately.

Fancy Yourself A Connoisseur

Ask The Butcher ($1.99)Impress your friends at your next BBQ with this handy little app by the lads at Victor Churchill. Never burn your meat again when you use the handy cooking timer – select the weight, ‘doneness’ and cooking style, and you’ll be reminded when to flip the meat. Learn about different cuts and where they come from, and download recipes.

Ask The Cheesemonger (free)McIntosh and Bowman Cheesmongers have developed the ultimate cheese appreciation app. Search cheese by country, milk, style, style, rennet, pasteurisation and name. Match cheese to wine (or wine to cheese) and have a bit of fun with the cheese quiz. You can even “ask the Cheesemonger” a question and get a direct response back.

Calorie King (free)Don’t blow all your hard work by eating 3000 calories in one sitting. Calorie King allows you to see the calories, carbs and fat in over 22,000 Australian foods as well as most fast food chains and restaurants. Informed eating at a tap.

Talk For Free

Why pay to talk and text when you can get it for free?

Skype (free) Same deal as on your computer. Free national and international calls, video-calls and instant messaging to anyone else with Skype.

Viber (free) Similar to Skype (free national and international calls and texts from Viber to Viber) but better integration with your contacts book. Plus it shows you who, of your contacts, has already downloaded the app.

For The Nerds

Build Your Own (free)Think you can do better? Why not build your own app. Apple has released a 12-step guide to developing software for iPhones and iPads. App app and away…